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mined

past tense of mine
as in attacked
to place hidden explosive devices in or under the troops hurriedly mined the field before relinquishing it to the enemy

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Recent Examples of mined Her very presence, which succeeds at generating buzz and not much else, feels fitting for a show that seems to want not to be watched so much as mined for viral bits and pieces. Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025 For instance, there is a stunning 12-foot bench made of 230 blocks of ancient rock salt mined in Loulé. Chadner Navarro, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025 Schumacher had already mined Farrell’s charisma in the underseen Tigerland. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025 The filmmaker mined a trove of archival material, including footage from Jacobs’ senior runway show at Parsons School of Design. Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2025 The tribe lives on Indonesia’s Halmahera Island, where nickel for electric vehicle batteries is being mined. Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2025 There is trash and pollutants from the tourists and gravel has been mined from the area to make trekking routes for people, disturbing the places where females may have laid their eggs, researchers said. Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025 Certainly there were nuggets to pick up about Joel’s life that felt fresh, however much has already been mined. Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025 And the fertilizer could be produced with less energy because the raw materials don’t have to be mined or transported, according to researchers. Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mined
Verb
  • Crabtree stopped, turned, attacked the ball and snagged it.
    The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Nelson claimed to police that the man attacked her and their son after opening the car door.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
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  • In 2010, while covering an event in Lara, a western state that has long been a government stronghold, he and several fellow journalists were ambushed by a mob of militants loyal to the regime.
    Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • And after a Washington woman was repeatedly ambushed by an owl while walking in the woods near her house in 2022, biologists report that the occurrence is becoming more frequent.
    Owen Clarke, Outside, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • That anxiety grew after America bombed Iranian nuclear sites earlier this year.
    Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Two Tennessee public schools were bombed in 1956.
    Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025

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“Mined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mined. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.

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